Iron.



s. MARGHBK. IRON. APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 6, 1909.

938,261, Patented-6015.26, 1909. l

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JOSEPH MAncI-IEK, oF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. f

IRONA Specification ofLet'trsPatenp Application led March 6, 1909.

To all whom it may co'n tem:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Mnncnnu, a subject ofthe King of I'Iunvary,residing at Pittsburg, in the county et; Ulegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements inIrons, of which the following is a specification, reference being Ihadthereii te KLhe accompanying drawing. y y This inventiorrelates to sadirons, and f' the invention 'has for its o lject to provide novel meansin connection with an iron for heating the same'independent of any othersource than that carried by the iron. My invention aims to provide a sadiron 'with a detachable heater, wherein alcohol .or a simi-lar fluid isused as a heating medium. To this end, I have devised a hol-A low sadiron into which rejects 'a burner,

l 20 carried by a detachable ate having a re'sis to be understood thatthe detail construe? tion thereof can be varied or changed withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention. l

.In the drawings :-Figure 1 .is a side elevation of an iron constructedin accordance with my invention. artly broken'away and partly 1n'section, n same, Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the iron,

rwith the detachable burner" partly broken 49 away, and Fi 4 1s a rearelevation of ythe iron with the urner detached.

In the aecompanying drawings,'1 have illustrated an iron casingcomprisin -a base 1, inclined Walls 2 ,fa' top late 3 an a rear *4Ftwall4, saidV inclined w'al s 'being of a less length than the basel, whilethe rear wall 4 is provided with side lugs 5 'extending to "the rear endof the base 1, saidrearwall- "being provided withan opening 6.' Securedto-fthe top late 3 is a, bow s ring 7 and soldered or otllxerwiseconnecte to vsaid s ring 'is another s rin 8 supporting a han le 9.The-` incline wa ls 2 are provldcd with air s 10, whereby air can beadmitted to the interior of thel iron to insure a proper combustiontherein.V Y

ug. 2 is 'a plan of the `I'l touted Oct. 26, 1.909. serial No. 481,651.2

The rear Wall -1 rfisti'p'ovided with two screws or headed pins` 11 unddetachably mounted upon said pins is a plate o adapted to rest betweenthe lugs 5 ot' the rear wall 4". 60 'lfhe lower end of the plate Ssupports a longitudinal burner casing 12 having perforations 13, anignition opening 14, a nip- Ele 15 and a plug 16 for the rear end ofsaid urner casing, said plug being detachable whereby theinterior of thecasing can be'Y cleansed.1 The plate 8 directly above the burner casing1 2 is provided with an inlet pipe 17 communicating with the burnercasing 12 through the medium of registering 70 openings 18 formed insaid pipe and said casing adjacent to the nipple .15. The forward end ofthe pipe 17 is plugged by a screw or nlug 19, while the outer 'endthereof is bent upwardly and supports a reservoir 20 adapted to containalcohol or a similar inflammable fluid. The reservoir 20 is filledthrough the medium of a detachable cap 21 carried by the top of saidreservoir.

Secured to the innerside of the plate 8 80 and communicating with thepipe 17 is a vertical tube 22, saidtube extending above the top plate 3of the iron, and said top plate is cut away as at 23 to provideclearance for .the tube'. The upper end of the 85 tube 22 is closed andin said tube is a Vertical transverse partition 24, said partition.extending downwardly into the opening 18 of the pipe 17 and the burnercasing 12.

In operation, the alcohol or inflammable iiuid contained within thereservoir 20 Hows through the pipe 17 into the tube 22 and over-`A theupper end of the partition 24, the fluid passin downwardly again throughthe inner end o the pipe 17, through the openings 18, into the casing12, thefluid then passing through 'the mpple 15 where the uid is ignitedand the ame projected forwardly into the burner casing. 12 to thoroughlyheat the plate 1 and the inclined wa ls 2 adjacentto said plate. Byinserting a lighted match into the air openlngs 10 adjacent to the.ignition opening 14, the alcohol ejected'by the nipple15 can be easilignited. After the reservoir 20 is illed w ereby the alcohol fiows' overthe top `of the partition 24 and the tribe 22, and is ignited, asiphonie action is established Which'causes the alcohol to becontinuously fed to the burner casing 12' until the contents of thereservoir 20 have' been exhausted. By removing the plate 8 and the partscarried thereby,

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the interior of the iron can be easily cleaned. Since the burner casing12 protects the end of the nipple 15, it is impossible for a flash back.to take place that would. ignite the contents of the reservoir 20 andcause the sanne to be destroyed.

' carried by Said top plate, said 'inclined walls having air openingsformed therein, a plate detachably mounted upon the rear wall, a burnercasirg arranged in said plate and adapted to protrude into said easing,A.said casing having perforations formed {hei-ehi, a nipple located insaid casinfb` in advance of said peiforations, a pipe arranged in saidrear plate and communica ting with said casing, areservor carried bysaid pipe, a tube carried by said rear plate and cmnn'lnnicat` ing withsaidpipe, a vertical partition aranged in said tube; projecting` throughsaid Pipe and extenditi finto said casing in a lplane in advance oftheplate of the nipple, and plugs carried by said casing and said' .i fpipe to permit ofeas'y access being had to the interior of said casing,rand said pipe, substantially as described.

2. In a sad iron, the combination With an iron casing, having airopenings formed therein, a handle carried by 'said casing, a platedetachably connected to the' rear end of said casing, a burner easingcarried by said plate and extending into the first inentioned casing andprovided With 3a plurality of periiorations, a pipe carried by saidplate, said pipe and said burner easing each'pro- `vided with anopening', said openings registering with each other, a nipple arrangedina boiler casingl and rearwardly of said opening, a reservoir earriedby`said pipe, a tube carried by 'said plate and con'nnnnicating with saidpipe, and a partition arranged'in said tube -=.nd extendingA tl'n'oughsai-d pipe and into Lneopeningl of said burner casing,

snbstantially as described.

In testimony ywhereof l al'lix iny signature in the presence oftwoyvitncsses.

JOSEPH vl\l/\l l(llflllK, VViftne:ases:l l 'l A. ILRBSAG, y MAX H.Snonovi'lz.

